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SkillMaster: Autonomous Skill Mastery Framework for LLM Agents

ai-technology · 2026-05-12

A new training framework called SkillMaster enables LLM agents to autonomously create, refine, and select skills during task solving, moving beyond reliance on external teachers or rules. The framework uses trajectory-informed skill review to propose, update, or retain skills based on episode evidence, and evaluates candidate edits via counterfactual utility on probe tasks.

Key facts

  • arXiv paper 2605.08693 introduces SkillMaster
  • SkillMaster teaches agents to create, refine, and select skills autonomously
  • Uses trajectory-informed skill review for skill updates
  • Evaluates skill edits via counterfactual utility on probe tasks
  • Aims to internalize skills as agent capabilities rather than external resources

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  • arXiv

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